Backend-Leaning Product Engineer
mid
via Ashby
About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join a small, high-ownership product team at an early-stage B2B SaaS startup as a backend-leaning product engineer. You'll own customer-facing features end-to-end, navigate messy integrations and legacy systems, and make product and engineering trade-offs with speed and strong judgment. This is a role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and cares deeply about shipping real products that customers use.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own features end-to-end — from design through shipping and iteration — with minimal PM oversight.
- Build and maintain backend systems, APIs, data models, and automation pipelines.
- Integrate with external tools, legacy systems, and third-party services.
- Design workflows and orchestration for AI/automation-driven product features.…
What we'd score you on
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Skills match
For this role: python
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Level fit
This role is mid-level. We check your trajectory against it.
3
Domain experience
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Recency
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Location fit
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python